Scotland Genealogy: Sutherland
Census & County Records
LINLITHGOWSHIRE, (or West Lothian), maritime Co. in SE. of
Scotland; is bounded N. by Firth of Forth, SE. by Edinburghshire,
and W. by Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire; greatest length,
NE. and SW., 19 miles; greatest breadth, E. and W., 14 miles;
area, 76,806 ac., pop. 43,510. The coast is low; the surface
is varied, but there are few hills of any height; the chief
rivers are the Avon on the W. and the Almond on the E. border.
Much of the soil is fertile, and agriculture is in an advanced
condition. Linlithgowshire is one of the richest mineral counties
in Scotland, coal, shales, ironstone, freestone, limestone,
&c... being very abundant. Paraffin oil is largely manufactured
at Bathgate, Broxburn, and Uphall. The co. contains 12 pars.
and 2 parts, the parl. and royal burghs of Linlithgow (Falkirk
Burghs) and Queensferry (Stirling Burghs), and the police
burghs of Armadale, Bathgate, Borrowstounness, and Whitburn.
It returns 1 member.
[Bartholemew's Gazetteer of the British Isles, 1887]
Parish & Probate Records
Sutherland,
Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Scotland, from
the 1500s to the 1800s.
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Sutherland
and Caithness in saga-time
Sutherland and Caithness in saga-time, or, The jarls and the
Freskyns.
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